Social workers must develop a sensitive yet informed approach when working with service users from different social & cultural groups. In many aspects of life including accessing human services people are marginalised ignored stigmatised or discriminated against because of one or more aspects of their identity: age sexual orientation faith or belief gender race or ethnicity social class & disability. This book acts as a guide for students to develop their understanding of these various groups while illustrating how the social work value base can be a central part of such understanding.